yautia

Definitions

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n. An edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: Xanthosoma sagittifolium, new cocoyam.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. In Puerto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. On the island of Porto Rico, the name applied to several species of Xanthosoma, plants belonging to the arum family, with large sagittate leaves and starchy roots, which are used for food after the manner of the leaves and roots of the taro of Polynesia (Caladium Colocasia).

Hearty home-style meals begin with specialties like mofongo (balls of mashed plantains mixed with garlic and bits of crushed pork crackling), alcapurrias (fritters made from a puree of plantains and yautia, a starchy white root related to taro, and stuffed with ground beef), and pionono (sweet plantain fritters stuffed with ground beef).